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VOLUME VII.
SANDERSVILLE, GA„ TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1886.
NUMBER 28.
City of Sandoravill*.
the full name of
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guarantee of goml faith.
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the views or opinions of correspond-
e nts.
Mayor.
J, N. On.more,
MRS, STEWART'S BEQUESTS. THE SOUTHERN STATES, A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT,
THE WAITING ANGEI.
Aldermen,
\V, R Tiiiopbn,
1! E. Houoiiton,
j. B Roberts,
A. M. Mayo.
g. O, Land.
now sur,: DISPOSED OV HE11
r.isv pnopEjirx,
NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED
UP IN PARAGRAPHS.
TWENTY SOULS PE ltlSIl IN A
TELSCQPEED 'TitAIN.
Clerk.
C. 0. Bkown.
Treasurer
j, A. It;win.
Marshal.
j. E. Wkddon.
A.C. WRIGHT,
ItTTORNEY AT LAW,
103 Eay St., Savaunah, Ga.
UtTwII I. PltAOTIOH in am, tup. courts.
E. S. LANGMADE,
Lttorneyat law,
SANDERSVILLE, Ga.
11. D. liVANH. Jn
EVANS & EVANS,
Iattorneys at law
SANDER VILLE, GA.
F.H. SAFFOLD,
Iattorney at law,
SANDERSVILLE, GA.
Will praot'eo in nil tlie Courts of ilia
IllidJIe Circuit nnd in tlio countiis
Htromdlng Washington. Special at*
■tcntiou given to commercial law.
If. i Dim
O. U . RoiiKits,
HINES & ROGERS,
rneys at Law,
All Her ■ti-lnUrm Ut-njeiiiln-rml -Tlio Main-
tpmiuci- .if the ( utliv.'rnlanndKotloolt
"* Garden IRx-riio Hat rant,
of lliu Household,
Thu will Of Mrs. Cornelia M gtCwnrt
"ifu of the latu millionaire drv goods
merchant, was filed for probate tii-dav liv
ex-Judge Horace Russell, Mr. Henry
1 niton's son-in-law. Citations were im
mediately issued to tho heirs and next of
km. In tho • instrument, Mrs. Stewart
bequeaths $20,000 per year during life to
her brother, Charles P. Clinch, to be mid
to him quarterly. To each of her sisters,
Ajnrn, Emma mid Julia Clinch, she leaves
an nnuuity of $10,000 n year to lie paid
quarterly during life. To her niece,
Mar li .N. Smith, she leaves tho sum of
$250,000. To Cornelia 8. Butler she
leaves $200,000, and to each of her chil
dren, Lawrence nnd Charles 8. Butler,
$50,000; to Kate. A. Smith, $200,000; to
each of the remaining children of Sarah
N. Smith, namely, Louisa, Ella, Bessie
and James, $100,000; to each of flic chil
dren of her deceased sister, Louise, for
merly file wife of Charles 12. Butler,
namely: Rosalie, Helen,Virginia, Lillian,
Maxwell and Pro entt, $50,000.
Shu gives $25,000 to be distributed by
the executors among her household serv
ants living witli her at tlio time of her
dentil.
All tlio rest of the estate, real and per-
sonnl, nho bequeaths to Charles J.
Clinch, now in Paris, and Henry Hilton.
None of tlio legacies are to bo payable
until three years from tho final probate of
the will, nor any of tho uunuities until
six months after such probnto, The ex
ecutors to tlio will are diaries J. Cliucli
and Henry I lilt on, nnd tlie witnesses to
the i striinicnt are H. 12. Davies, James
Henry Wort nnd Edward B. Hilton.
The will is dated July 8th, 1887. In
a codicil to tlio will she revokes tho be
quest to Henry Ililton of one-half of her
residuary estate and instead bequests to
him onO'lmlf of the residue of tier prop
erty and estate in trust ; to collect, ic-
reive, hold, manage, control, Holland ap
ply the same to tho following purposes:
To complete tho Stewart Memorial
church, now in course o! erection by her
in Garden City, Long Island, and to sup-
SOUTII CAROLINA.
The state luuatic asylum contains 041
patients.
Tho South Carolina university hns 200
students ut present,
The water courses in various parts of
the stato are very low and the dry spell
Throughout the stute, even in the
southwest counties, a white frost was ob
served Friday morning. *
Tlie ball of tlio South Carolina club
will take plucc in Columbia on tho night
of November 11th. It promises being a
brilliant affair.
In Newberry and Laurens counties
there nre many fields which have not yet
been invaded by cotton pickers. It is
(Ktimatcd that about ono-cighth of the
crop has not yet been gathered.
Tho work of repairing houses in Char
leston goes on bravely. Business is said
to bo improving every day and the people
are hopeful, if not happy, Tho residents
of the city have enjoyed immunity from
earthquake shocks for nearly ten days,
and confidence lias boon wonderfully re
stored.
ALABAMA.
Tho nail factory at Briorfichl is ship
ping 400 kegs of nnils daily.
The frost lias been general in Alabama
and thick ice hns been reported from
many places.
About 100 arms nnd hands have been
torn to pieces by gin saws in Alabama
this season.
Olshnp Whipple's Kxprrlrnce Retail'd.
A terrible ucoidcnt occurred on the
Chicago, Milwaukee and 8t. Paul rail
way on Wednesday last. The following
is the statement of an eye witness:
Bishop wjhipplo, who arrived direct
from the scene of tlio Rio wreck, says:
“The freight train reached Rio about
twenty minutes licforo tlio limited train
which was wrecked, nnd the switeli had
been left open, Our train was going at-
tiie rale of forty-five miles an hour, so
the train otllmis said, and the cour/go
and bravery 'of the engineer cannot be
1'ia sell too Highly, lie stayed with tho
engine', and I have never known an air
brake to lie (jet so quickly and strongly
as flint one xyns. 1 was in the first sleep
er, and laid a bertli in tlio end next to j
the day eoacji. Air. McGinnis,of Morris,
was in a berth opposite me. The instant |
of tlio shock lie sprang from his berth |
and ran to the front end of (lie car, but
it was' impossible to got out at tlmt end, ;
for it Imd telescoped. Ho rushed back :
and cried ou't: 'Come nnd help mo savo '
these peoph'i who nro being burned to
death ' I imd been nwnkencd but u few !
minutes before and had looked lit my j
watch. It was 12:80 o’clock. I followed
McGinnis in my stocking feet. lie rau
faster 1 than, I and when I came to tho
burning conch lie I ad taken two children
from 'a woman near the rear of the
coach. She 1 said her name was Bherer,
of Winona, Imd asked him to save her
children for their father was living. Wo |
both tried tp lift the woman from tho ear
Tho painter who should drop his brush
Hi cause lie could not setzo tho blush
Of heaven, when birds so dreamily stir
And the fh'jt warm sun touches tier,
Would not bo worthy of his name.
He cannot copy tho morning llnmo,
But with his best of artist wit *
Lovingly strives to render It,
And heaven In an ideal sense,
For him and us makes recompense.
Tho poet who should break Ids lyre
Because he could not niako tlio wire
Echo the music of tho t| here)
lu porfeot time to mortal car*.
Translate a'l utterance of the gals
III tlio rude phrnso of mortal tlods,
Ming from Us d-llrnte frame of gold
Tho thumlor, awful as it. rolled—
No liprd woro be! He slugs his best,
Celestial law provides the rest
Tho man who will not gird his loin*
For tlmt,'which truth, or love enjoins,
“Then I owo something that I'll never
pay,” Holly retorted, with promptness.
"But I do not owe her au apology. She
owes mo on apology.”
“I'm sure I've nothing to apologize
for.” Hetty said, tossing her lieait. “ I'ho
idea of my apologizing, when she haH
been raying such rude things! Come
along, Glenn!”
Holly heard tlio front door close on
! them, but kept her seat at tho tablo for
, some minutes; rat there breathing hard,
, her heart swollen, her lips tight, her nos
trils widened and trembling.
! .lust then Hclly’s aunt dropped in, n
dear, good soul to whom llclly confided
everything. To her Helly told her story.
“Apologize to her Indeed!” said Holly.
1 “1 won’t do iti And if she waits for
mo to invito her, she'll never, enter this
house again. it's horrid in GloAn to teise
mid Wi rrv me till ho gets me nugry. nnd
1 thou toll me to apologize. for not being
sweet. It’s insulting. And now I sun-
pose that lie's gone off to the mercantile
ibrary to read some novel, leaving mo to
splendid in tier, and just ns nice as could
be.”
At this point, a lady called Glenn to
assist in putting up a' cross of flowers.
Holly hnstened over to Betty, who at
tlmt moment happened to bo sitting
lug a wro.y
Because he knows bts work whon wrought clour tho table whom he s'boen dallying. “You showed wlmt lots of sense you
■ •• ... ■ .li '——tis, ’*
IV ill fall liclow Ida hopo anil thought,
Is no true workmen. Let him do
I'ho thing Ills conscience points him to,
And ho shall flinl tlio good ho cast
Spring up, wiien many day- nro past.
Betty, with tier chatter, is simply ho rridl
Chattered like a mag, ie, and then wont
prancing off with (Bonn, instead of help
Whilst every lmuost deed will In ln f
A training fur tliul nobler thing
For which archangel duly waits,
Keeping Occasion's gulden gutes
For such ns watchfully pursue
Her Inn..', laborious avenue—
Many she calls, but rhooseth few
To crown at lust where crowns nro due.
ng mo clear the tublo. so that I could go
•If-
nlongwlth her to the hall. She’s ns se
ish m she enn bo! “But I'm rid of tier,
that's one good tiling! Bboisn't over
coming horc again till I invito her. I
; suppose lior father and mother will lay
a'l tho blamo on me, for they think Betty
! is perfectly perfect. On their account,
I'm sorry about the trouble, for undo
and aunt have always made a pet of mo,
BY TELEPHONE
because I’m auntie's namosako, I suppose,
11 go till
1 sli-dl have to see Butty whon I go there,
j oven if she shouldn’t come here any
! more. Very likely, though, they won’t
! want mo to cotno ’whon I'm out with
Betty. It will be dreadfully lonesome
There wore sharp words that morning, not t0 ,mvo to run to, and to have
but w,o could not, for she was wedged an <l not at all creditable to tlio young ,
beneath the broken seats. A moment! nicl j)' icr ' ) of tho family, I .
Thirty-five neres of land, laid off in
town lots, recently sold in liusscllvillo
for $3,020.60.
after wo reached hor her dress took Are, I . 'i lol ', n h ® 1 ; l ° u , t '>>■ cup nnd saucer,
and she fainti d nnd was burned to death „°., 1 ° . ''i 11 c }\.I 11 , 1 ' ^® cn 11 / pninted
before our 'eyes. There was compara-
un de and mint cold and distant to me.
I’m so used to having Hetty fly in
and out at all hours that I don t know
how I can over gut along without it.
A number of ensos of illicit distilling
have been before tho United States court
nt Huntsville,
SANDERSVILLE, GA.
ply it with all tlmt is necessary t
it :i free church and cathedral for the
to make
Itill prac'.ie ■ ja tin milieu of Washinglo i,
IJiltW'n, Jiilieiion, Kmsi'Ut'l nml Wilkinson.
Imd in ilm l'. s. (.' iiirti fur the Hunthcui Dm.
|t let of 0 -,: gia.
Wi liclu-igents In buying, selling ur icu’.-
|isilb>! Ei'slo.
OBn on Weil fiile of Pahlio Square,
I0etll-tf
J.W. H. WHITAKER,
DENTIST,
SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
—TERMS CASH.—
POffice nt hid residence*, on Htirris Ktrret.
Apt 20-'80
H. S, HOLLIFIELD,
ii & Surgeon,
SANDERSVILLE, GA.
Office next tlimr t„ Mrs. Bavin’s Millinery
•tore, on Harris HtreoC.
BUY YOUR -
*4,
Protestant Episcopal church of the dio
cese of Long Island, N. Y.: to endow it
with such mo/icy as will muintaiu it for
ever, with a provision for tho b shop of
the diocese and his assistants; to con
struct two buildings to be used ns schools
nnd seminaries of learning,to be attached
(o .jiiit li cathedral, nnd to endow them
with Midi money us will sustain thorn
forever, mid to erect such other build
ings ns tiie cathedral and seminaries and
schools may require. All these buildings
nre to he eroded on Mrs. Btewart's lauds
there known as llumpsted Plains, L. I.
these buildings, when completed, are to
ho conveyed to tho use forever of the
Protestant Episcopal church of tho dio
cese of Long island, or to the corpora
tions known us tho Cathedral of tlio In
carnation in the diocese of Long Island.
All the one half of her residuary estate
so devised is to be applied for above pur
poses. For any violation of tlio terms
and conditions of cither of them, said
lands, buildings and endowment fund
shall revert to Clunks J. Clinch, her
nephew nnd his heirs. Charles J. Clinch
and Henry Hilton are authorized to make
such partition and division of their in
terests in the estate as they may see lit.
If any heir becomes a party to any pro
ceeding to interfere with tho will, tho
in 11141 is ill in 11 i j ni* lwif fiivnr
Tlio next session of tho North Alabama
presbytery is to bo held in Gudsden in
April next.
Tliero arc eight persons living in Som
erville, Morgan county, whose combined
age is 008 years.
The North Alabama conference meets !
at Florencu tiie first of December In \
consequence of Bishop Hmgrove being i
nbsent in Mexico, Bishop E. It. Hendrix, j
of Missouri, is to preside over the confer- ,
ence.
In the circuit court in Eutnw, tho case ;
of the state against Amos Washington, |
indicted for murdering a peddler nninad ;
Teddy Meehan, in Sumter county, Ala* !
llama, in November, 1885, was tried on
a change of venue from Sumter county, ,
and tho jury rendered a verdict of guilty
and sentenced him to be hung. This was
tho same case tlmt was tried in Blunter i
county in February, 1880, nnd which, on ;
appeal to the supremo court, was re
versed. Counsel for defense say they
wilt again appeal the case to tlio supreme "j
court.
OKOHQIA.
Primus Perkins, colored, is in jnil nt !
Bui abridge, charged with incest with his .
daughter, Lizzie. His wife swore out
ttio warrant.
A wealthy citizen of Americas refused
to accept national bank notes in nnymout
i lively little screaming coming from tho
car, but tliero was n rather low moan of
' suffering, nnd I bellovo that most of
those who perished were killed outright,
j ’i'ho cur was telescoped nt both ends. Mr,
Ainesj, who 1 was on tho train, saw tlio
passengers in that conch and so did my
• wife, jnml they think tliero were seven-
! teen. There were two sisters of charity
! who boarded tlio train nnd were bound
| for \V, inonu. Tliero was n mother and
daughter whoso names nre unknown.
Three young men, u middle aged man,
Mrs. Bherer, her mother and two chil
dren s n mail tlmt got on nt Columbus,
two i n-ii who boarded the train ut Wnter-
Junctlion, and a man who climbed
and baked, until they looked duly
nntiquo—hold them out ncrosa tho short
I way of tlio tablo to hi. sister.
I • “Another sip of codec, if you please,
llelly,” he said. "And see hero, Holly,
don't hJok at the sugar you put in it.”
"What nre you talking about?” de
manded his sister, testily, rhe was
suspicious of some covert unpleasantm as
in the quiet words. "What do vou
i mean? Why shouldn't I look at‘tho
, sugar?”
"Because," said tho non-committal
| Glenn.
! "Because wlmt?'' Holly asked, with
We’ve always done everything together.
ima will thrak I’m
And l know that nuimm:
to blamo; slio nlwnyi doca when Betty
and I have n spat, and 1 guess it's about
so, for ma uma's judgment is generally
correct; and I'm spunky, and 1 don't
control my temper, and I just lot my
no or get tho better of mo. I boiiovc
Betty means what she says. I know she
does. t iie means not to cnino till I in
vite tier. But I'll not invite iier. I raid
1 wouldn't, nnd I won’t, if site never
comes I Eli show liar that 1 cun bo i s
sot ns she is.”
Feeling somewhat braced by tills con
out ut tlio top. He and the two children
were
dentil.
be di nc fori the comfort of the passongerj
who
gir
baby
none
Bii
was
citcn
The
saved.i The others were burned to
Everything was done tlmt could
some nsperitv. "Why don't you toll inof fession, llelly proceeded to clear away
Why shouldn't I look at your augur ” Glenn's breakfast table. But there was
"ik cause you might change it into “cold, heavy spot in her throat,
something sour." "I suppose I can stand it if Betty does
"What n rich joke!” she said, turning >>lop coming hero.” she went on saying
' her nose, with nil her other features "1 don't kno v either ho . I can. I'd
little apart, weaving a wreath. 9ho did
not lift her head, oven when llclly stood
close alongside.
"Dear Betty! ” raid her cousin, slip
ping into n i-cnt bosido the wreath, "it
was u t the sweetest thing that over was
for you to make up, nud to offer to go
homo with me wltnout waiting for me to
invite you. I think it was grand ill you
—so much nicer than to stick to a silly
promise made in nngcr.”
"Why! ” Betty began.
Holly went on. tngorly, without no
thing tlio interruption, "But I invito
you now, with all my heart, mt only to
stay to dinner, but to spend the after
noon, nml stay nil night nnd all noxt
week nnd all noxt year nnd forever and
forever!”
And he took Betty’s pnrt ngainst mo! I havo by not laying up iny foolish wort
up
ivere left. The indies oil tha train
specially kind in caring for the two
motherless children. One was n little
about I four years old nnd the other
a little boy. The passengers in tho
sleeping cars had sonic slight bruises,but
were seriously injured.”
hop Whipple said as for himself lie
in good condition, though the ex
icnt lind affected him somewhat,
other pnssengers say that Bishop
pin lid. "You just tho same as didn t 8 ,V0 everything I own if shed come ruu-
get up at nil this morning it s nearly “big In this minute. But I’m not going
eleven o'clock And now I have to sit ‘'ibro 'k my word I shall not invito
hero nnd pour your coffee, when I prom- 1 think slio’s cruel to say such a
istd tho girls tliut I’d help decorate the dlvadf ! 11 . Oh, dear! dear
hall for the festival.” *
“Why didn’t you tell uie this sooner?”
I’lonn sad, deliberately ripping his
cofl'oc.
"What good w.ould-fortv tellings liavi
“"Hoi)' ' -■»
I done?" llclly rnnppod. "J should liavo
laid to wait and got your roffcunll tho
deari”
Having be’ tills tinio got thu table
cleared, ami having liberty to cry, Helly
did cry, 'bopping into a chair and hug
ging its hack.
"Oh! (.fill Oh! Oh! I don't beliovo I
can ever stuud it!” she said. "And I
know tlmt Betty means it; slits’ll uever
°P
Whipple wins among tlio mi st active nnd
cool-tiendeej of all tiie passengers and.did
gallant service in trying to save the poor
woman whp wns being burned to dentil,
not ceasing his efforts until the llauies
drove him away
same. You would have gone on with c one here again unless I invito her, and
your morning napping. Mamma just l can’t invite her without eating my
makes a baby ofyoul Bln pets you till words and swallowing them right down,
you can’t sit up. " If I'm not up at family “1 suppose I ought to ont them mid ho
breakfast, I lmvo ti take ,usl anything I glad of the chanco, even if they choke
the pantry, while you cun mo. for I didn’t really moan thorn. I
can find about the pantry,
Peo-
slcop till ck v n, and get up to fresh cof- spokothem when 1 was in anger,
' ’ they’re an
V' II noil! - 1
nr .vision in tho will in his or her favor
is to lie cancelled.
-FROM
IIETTA GREEN'S GOLD-
ERHsriQ-^llST.
None genuine without our trade mark.)
GA’HAND AXI) Foil SALE
WLES, NOSE GLASSES, Etc., Etc.
atches, Clocks
iiThirty Mil.'ion Dollars anil In-
vrnfe* it in Ittiilrotul Hlortf.
jewelry
ati'AitiEn by
®RTsrxa.A.isr.
O UR
A special f'om New York, says: Mrs.
llotty Green lias secured the control of
the Georgia L'entral railroad. She is also
closely identified with the Louisville nud
Nashville railroad, owning a largo
ii mount of its stock. 8ho is a remarka
ble woman. Bhc is tiie wealthiest in tlis
United States.
Mrs. Hetty Green is worth thirty mill
ions of dollars Bho is rather handsome,
of robust build, about fifty years of age,
with iron gray hair, strong leiiturcs anil
keen, penetrating eyes.. She is the
daughter of n New Bedford winder, who
left liei' $11-000,000; not long after nn aunt
died and bequeathed her $1,000,000
more. Witli the $12,000,000 she is
credited with making $20,00,),000 more.
Yet she feels poor. On one occasion,
several years ago, she came down to her
,banker’s in Wall street, in a stage with a
'valise containing several hundred thou
sand dollars wortJi of securities.
"\Vhv did you not come down in a
earring ?" expostulated her banker
"I cau’t afford it,” was her remarkable
answer.
for a real estate sale made tlio other day,
demanding gold instead. TV hen gold
was immediately produced by tlio pur
chaser, he decided tlmt lie could proba
bly get along with the bank notes, and
no doubt did so.
Mrs. Erwin Ilayes, an old lady seventy
years old, living in Jackson county, ou
the Athens and Jefferson road, fourteen
miles from Athens, met with nn accident
on Sunday night last that resulted in her
death the'following day. It seems that
for some time Mrs. Hayes' mind 1ms been
affected, but no restraint was kept over
h< r. On vlie Sunday night mentioned
the lady was wandering around the
house with a lump in her hand, when, it
is supposed, she either dropped the lamp
or it exploded, scattering the oil over her
person, that at once became a solid sheet
of flame. Mrs. Hayes lingered in great
agony until Monday, when she died.
Colonel A. K. Childs and Mr, A\ alter
Childs have returned to Athens from
Nacooehoe valley,bringing with them all
the teams and mining outfit. Their gold
mine was leased for five years to Air.
Johnson, formerly of Charleston, who
had married a daughter of Mr. Williams
Mr Johnson bears tiie entire expense of
working tiie mine, and pays Messrs.
Childs cfc Nickerson one-fourth of all the
gold ho gets for rent. This mine was
THANKSGIVING DAY-
Tim I'rcslileiil Appoint* November ItOlh, i
liny ol'I’raYor.
I«iying handsomely, and the reasons for
leasing are that a great many petty and
7 “ ’ au be
annoying suits had been brought that me
rettlcd in tho trade.
A STRANGE DEATH.
an opposition train.
DEPARTMENT
■’/& , ’ 1 ' 1 tlio requisites for doing
Cl ' £ ,1 l "' 1 mi 1 Book work in First-
o, ' Anal* won .
oiykt. Promptly and at Itea-
Bonable Prices,
■ D D1NG cards,
ViBiTiNG CARDS,
BUSINESS CARDS,
STEP,!} BALL CARDS,
handbills,
programmes,
One Man N«nd. in Iho Tmck-Amitb.r
Killed by IDs HlP-* ofbt t.
L D McBride, section foreman of the
Nashville and Chattanooga road, mot «
SXing death at Cl^j*
He was standing ' ' Hc W11(J
when an engine struck thflt
instantly knlcd. I • for the pur-
rShTJ».v e k
The Nashville and Chattanooga rail
road in conjunction with the Western
and Atlantic and Georgia Central, will ‘
put on a cannon ball train to run to '
Jacksonville, Fla., to compete with tho
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia |
system. A lively war is anticipated, and I
there is talk of a renewal of former Los- ;
! tilitics between the East Tennessee nnd ;
the Western and Atlantic.
Thin following is President Cleveland’s
proclamation designating November 25th,
ns a <1|ny of thanksgiving and prayer.
A proclamation by the President’of li e
United States: It ims long been tiie
custom of i tlio people of tiie United
Slates, on a day in each year especially
set apart for tliut purpose by their chief
executive, to acknowledge the goodness
and mercy of God. nnd to invoke his
continued Cure and protection. In the
observance I of such custom, I Grover
Cleveland, president of the United Btates
do hereby designate and set opart
Thursday, tlio 25th day of November
inst, to tic observed niul kept ns a dny of
thanksgiving and prayer. On that day
let all our people forego their accustomed
employments and assemble in their usual
places of worship, to give thanks to the
Ruler of flip universe for our contiuusd
enjoyment of the blessings of a free
govornm njt, for a renewal of business
prosperity throughout our land, for tho
return xvhiijdi has rewarded tiie labor of
those who [till the soil, and for our pro
gress as a people in nil that makes n
nation grcii|t, mid while we contemplate
the infinite, power of God in earthquakes,
flooill and storm, let the grateful hearts
of those who have been shielded from
linmn through His mercy be turned in
sympathy iiind kindness towards those
who have suffered through Ilis visitation.
Let us also, in the midst of our .thanks
giving, remember tlio poor and needy
witli, cheerful gifts and nlms, so that our
feo nnd hot quail and waffles, and every- pie oughtn't to speak when
tiling nice, and 1 have to stay and watch gry, and if they do they ought to tuke
you cat, you great baby! .Mam in a won’t buck everything they say, for they bard
let me stir out of ttiii’lioiiso till you are ly evor say anything thev can stand by.
breakfasted. You tyrannize over mu I wi ll my lips hud n spring-lock that
through mamma.” would look wen I got angry. Yes. I
Bhc paused, but when Glenn made no ought to tnko it all bock; 1 ought to, but
reply, continued, “I wouldn’t mind it if oh! oh! oh!”
you worked nt night, like railroadmen Bhc wua crying aloud when the tele-
and telegraph boys and night editors and phono rang. It wns a very interesting
doctors. But you don’t do n lick of work, thing—this now arrangement in their
night or day. You jn-t s t up with that house, just put iu the day Before, nnd n
girl of yours, 1 know." mmmoiis from it win sure to start llelly
Glenn looked at her in n solemn wav, toiler feet. Sho patted ono eye with
Hellv wont ou; "but honor bright 1 Hetty,
would you have given up if you couldn't
have done it by telephone?”
"By telephone I” said Betty, hor fuce
full of question. Wlmt nro you talking
about? I cun’t understand you What
do you mean?"
"Why, I mean tills: wasn't it easier to
make your confession by telephone, and
ask iny forgiveness by telephone, thnn it.
would have been standing face to face
witli met Wouldn’t you siy that it
would ho easier, Glenn?” she continued,
as lie cnino up.
"I haven't made any confo sion, or
asked your forgiveness by tclephoue, or
iu any other way," Butty dcclnred.
"Wlmt!" cried Helly, “you haven’t
confessed by telephone! Who did, then?
Somebody did!’’
Glenn was Binding with a comprehen
sion of tho situation. “1 was the peni
tent,” ho explained.
“Was that you, Glenn?" llclly said,
her face sobering at tlio revelation.
“Tho voice didn’t sound nt all like
yours."
"Well, as to that, I suppose a person
uses a higher pitch of voice than natural
in speaking by telephone. Uoside. you
haven't heard my telephone tones enough
to bo familiar with them."
" So you hadn’t made any advances?”
Helly said to Betty.
“Not an ndvniice," Betty laughed.
“And I’ve gone nud invited you to my
house to stHy forever!” Holly said.
"I’m so glad I don't know wlmt to do,
for I was wishing to mako up. And
though I didn’t ask your forgiveness by
telephone, I have asked it by this note,
which 1 moaut to send you by Glenn."
Betty drew a: crap of paper from her
pocket, and handed it to Helly, saying:
"My bond to keep tho peace with you."
— Youth's Companion.
but sai I nothing.
“I wish you were going to get married
to her right nway." Helly weut on. “But
I’d pity your wife!”
As tilenn was leisurely foldinghis nap
kin, their cousin Hetty, entered, in u
rushing way, ir ing out:
“Is this the way you help decorate thu
hall .' 3'ou promised to come for me by
nine o'clock I've waited and waited mid
her wadded up handkerchief, then the
other, and hastened to get tiie mes
sage.
“Who is it?” sho asked.
"A penitent,” was the reply.
Kelly’s heart gave a strong spring.
•‘Who? Wlmt ponitout?" she asked,
hardly able to keep tiie eagerness i ut of
her voice.
One who behaved very budly toward
waited, ’-istcr Ann's Veen out to tlie you this morning,” said tho telephone,
gate forty times to roe if you woro com- "It’s Betty! Oh, it’s Betty!” Helly
ing, and she’s been to tho east window in joy whispered to her heart. Her face
twice forty limes, It's a fact. I’ve just was radiant; her lips were parted in
haunted that window, so tint mother smiles, ns she asked: “What do you
couldn't seo to sew, because I wns in her wish to say?”
light ull the time, and she seoldid me ,,j to l( gk your pardon for my
about it. And nil our folks got vex; d at be ] mv i 0 r this morning. I am to blame
How Birds Fly.
In a paper recently rend before tho
American Association for tlio Advance
ment of Scienco nt Buffalo, I. Lancaster
gave some insight, into tho mean* by
which soaring birds keep themselves sus
pend, d motionless in mid-air. Hu spent
live years oil the Gulf coast of Florida
observing the flight of birds. His
method was to assume a dru-s painted to
resemblo a Pino bough, and taking up
liis position lu a tree top watch thu birds
lor Lours together. Tills is ono of tha
thing* lie saw:
The guiract, when a tree top near their
breeding places was occupied, would
flout within u loot of my face ns rigidly
immovable as n board. They have
alighted on my head witli their toes in
my mouth. They would weigh ns much
as eight pounds, with about tour or live
square feet of wing surface. A still
breeze was required to float them if they
remained in one place. They teemed to
sleep, ns thuir eyes were closed for nn
hour at n time. They were in a position
of perfect equilibrium. I have gently
puslied them with n stick in various di
rection* while they were tlius balanced,
and any effort at all would move them in
any direction until they would waken,
which they were not long in doing. Tho
position of tho wings of ull birds while
Iti the net of soaring was on an incline,
highest in front. 'I lie heavier the bird
the more tho inclination. Thera gan-
liets would float at an angle of about
fifteen degrees with the horizontal. The
frigate birds nt very low inclination, of
ten seemingly nearly level, but all birds
had tlio power of varying
to suit their purposes.
their inclines
me, and called me n fidget, and it's all
on your account, Helly, and I think it’s
a shame for you”—
"1 think it’s a shame for you to chat
ter at this rate!” interrupted the irri
tated Helly. Betty's talk teased her like
piu-prh kings on an already nettled sur
face. "You always were a rattle box.
You cun talk longer without saying any
thing thnn any one I ever know.”
At this Betty’s face flushed in sudden ! mil a‘,'u vouat nib”
resell! meet.
"Come, llelly, yoti’ro carrying tilings
frir your crossness. Telephone back my
pardon, dear.”
llelly could hardly stand still ns she
put her eager lips to the mouth-piece and
said, in a jubilant tone: “I forgive you,
ten thou land times, you blessed old
sweet! And won’t you forgive mo once,
\ou precious? l’vo been crying ever
since you went away mad nt me.”
Boor dear!” was the reply, "I wasn’t
services may, by deeds of charity, be | too far,” said'Glenn. "Don’t let her
made acceptable in the sight of the Lord.
In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my blind and caused the sen! of the
United States to he affixed. Done nt
the city of Washington, this, the first
day of November, in the year of our
"rude spec lies hurt you, Betty.”
S1K
•I don’t mean to'let them hurt me. I
always consider the source from which u
thing comes,” answered Betty, pouting
nt llclly nud sniffing nt Glenn. "I’ll go
to tho hall, nnd tell the girls that llclly
TUB ROMB AND DECATUR RAILItOAD.
iy-
STATEMENTS,
TE R headings,
d 0Dqers i
PAMPHLETS,
cm. Bra. &£&
SccrutiirY ib 1 ^^ 11 ^ qcpiuffTiiimt'forltUc
od all tile raaii rcqui; however) wn tc
the secretary. 2 e Cll „ lcttC re, etc.,
his signatures "U Containing a facsimile
but used astninp Q ttorney general
of bis signature, i th(jr0 p, 00 legal ob-
The committeo appointed to secure the
light of way thiough Floyd county for
the Romo and Decatur railway has re
turned to Romo, and report that they
have been very successful in procuring
the right of way. Tho prospects for the
early construction of the road nro good.
It will be a great advantage to Homo.
Lord one Jhnusnud eight hundred and j i* loo cross for any uso in the world;
eighty six,, nnd of the independence of that slic’d wither the flowers if she were
the United Status of America the one ; to try to help us make wreaths,
hundred and eleventh.
G iiovun Cleveland.
By the president:
T F. Bayard, Secretary of State.
BANK CIRCULAR. AN IMPORTANT DE
CISION.
A LEO AMPUTATED.
A. well known young man named Bob
Ferguson, of Columbia, S. O., met with
a painful and dangerous accident on Sun
day last. He was trying to jump off a
street cur that was moving rapidly round
curve. Ho foil, and his log was caught j Chuttanoog:
1 under the wheels and terribly mangled, meijccd irt a
Attorney General Garland has given
an opinion to the secretary of the treas
ury that national banks must deposit in
terest bearing bonds to secure their cir
culation aind that the called three per
cent bonds canuot bo used as a basis of
circulation.
BUSINESS FOR CHATTANOOGA-
Adviced from St. Louis stnte that tha
mammoth pipe works of Sliinkle, Harri-
son and H oward will surely be located in
ja, and that work will Iff? com*
a very short time. '
Come
on. Glenn! "You’re going my way."
She hooked her arm in his, nnd off they
started, chatting and laughing ns if tliero
wasn’t nuv teased llelly to care for.
Their nonchalant way made Helly mad
der. Beside, Betty should not liavo tho
lsr.t word,
"I am glad you’ro going,” Holly mut
tered, "and I hope you 11 never come here
again.”
Betty paused nnd turned, Her face
xvas hot mid flushed; her eyes bright. “I
shall take care not to come back until
you nslc mo to come.”
"Then you’ll never conic again,” ITolly
said, quickly, hor temper rising every
moment.
"Why, llelly!” Glenn remonstrated.
"You forget yourself.”
"No, I do not forget myself,” she
quickly interposed.
"You owe Betty Ull apology,” Glenn 1
continued. I
"And if,” Helly replied, "I was a par-
tirlo mad nt you, I’ve got all over it. and
was so sorry for my unkind words that I
could liavo cried my eyes out, nnd did,
almost.”
"Well," snid tho telephone, "bathe
your eves and come down to the hull, and
I’ll go home with you."
"And stay to dinner,” amended Helly,
nil in a twitter that she was to have Betty
again in tiie house, and that xvithout first
giving the invite.tion.
"Of course I’ll stay to dinner,” replied
the telephono.
“You’re the sxvectcst thing in thu
world 1” said Helly, quivering with de
light.
"You're another!” was the reply,
"(.'omo along to the liall!”
In fifteen minutes Helly xvas down
toxvn. As she ontered tlio hall, Glenn
came down the aisle to meet hor. “You
look lmppy ns a queen,” he snid, recall
ing tlio mood in which ho had left her.
"I feel as happy as a queen,” she re
plied, buoyantly; "Betty and I have
made up.”
"I am glad to hear that,” said Glenn,
“for Betty xvas very much hurt this morn
ing. fiho snid, most decidedly, that she
never xvould make up with you, unless
you mado tho first advances.”
"And yet uhe made the first advances.”
llelly said, with triumph. "It was
How to Drink IVuter.
The lending medical journal of France
lias published a pamphlet protesting
against tiie extravagant use of artificial
mineral waters, xvlilch, it els forth, do
tlio double damage of chilling tlio i-tom-
acli, thus laying tho foundation for gas
tric catarrh, while tho limestone held in
deposit in the < urb,mated waters finds its
way to tlio kidneys and eventually pro
duces Bright’s discus >. Tho pamphlet
also protests against icu xvater as a pro
vocative of catarrh in tiro stomach. It
furtlior says: “Water should bo drank
cool, but not iced, xvith the juice of a
quarter or half a lemon in it. Mineral
xvater should also be drank xvith a dash
of lemon. Water should always be sxvnl-
lowed slowly. It is not the stomach
which h dry, but the mouth nnd throat.
If you toss off a drink of xvater you throw
it through your mouth into your stom
ach, without doing tiie former any good ,
while you injure tho latter by loading it
xvith xvhat it door not ro ,uirc. Drink
sloxvly, and keep tho water in your mouth
for a moment wlicu you begin. If you
xvork in n hot room in hot weather, tie a
damp cloth around your temples, and you
xvill not experience half tiie craving lor
drink you otherwise xvould.”
Peculiar “Canned Corn."
"See that man going into tho bank,
thore.'” said a veracious citizen one day
last xveek over on Dearborn street; "well,
he’s rich nud getting richer. He’s got
as nice a little busiuess as tliero is in
this toxvn—one that mukoi handsome
profits every day in the year.”
"What business is lie iu?"
Tie cans corn for the Ioxvn market,
ami sells dead loads of it, too. This
may surprise you that Chicago should
sell corn to tho great corn state of Jowa,
but it’s a' fact. Tho corn is packed in
Kentucky whisky, and the flavor of the
liquor isn’t hurt a bit by tlio mixing. As
to tho com, I couldu't say whether it U
improved or not.”-— Chicago Herald, *.
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